Monday, 9 July 2012

TEXTURES & CIRCLES

...the funny thing about life, if your refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it...

- W Somerset Maugham -

...hello everyone...today I'm sharing with you a Tag I've made using many layers of Inks, paints & textures...I hope you like it...

...I gave a plain manilla tag a random coating of PaperArtsy Fresco Paint in Mermaid, followed by a heavy dosing of Walnut Distress Ink, followed by random circles in Black Soot, then put it sideways in Tim's Tree Branch embossing folder...

...I cut a piece of roughly torn corrugated card with Tim's movers & shapers Book Plate Die (which could double up as tombstone!) and again randomly gave it a coat of the ParperArtsy Fresco Paint in Honey Dew, followed by Black Soot & Walnut DI I also used a smidge of textured embossing powder, at the head of the Book Plate I used a gorgeous fox head button...

...I used a piece of leather with one of Tim's On The Edge Dies for the top of the Tag, which i hand stitched in fine gauge wire, a thimble would of saved my poor finger tips but we do have to suffer for our art sometimes! I also cut an extra circle to place over the eye-let front and back...I took inspiration for this from the amazing Tammy Tutterow...

...I stamped the steampunk chaps onto a crumpled piece of brown paper, then did the same on a piece of plastic roughly cut to the same shape, then I lined them up & held them in place with a couple of small brads & stuck them with foam pads to the Book Plate...

...I gave the Tree Branch a fine sanding to let the paint show through, hopefully from this shot you can see all the layers of texture...

...I had a lot of fun making this Tag...I'm entering it for the following challenges...

42 comments:

This tag is truly a masterpiece! Love the textures, the way you have put it together, the colour choices, well everything really! What an appropriate home for one of those lovely fox buttons. This is one of those things you never let go so it can remind you how talented and clever you are. And you are. Thanks for sharing, and good luck with the challenges. Hugs, Buttons x

The effort that you put into making this tag really shows, love the button, it works so well as the tombstone head, the leather is a brilliant choice and great stitching too (your poor fingers - I have a spare thimble if you need one!). Reminds me a bit of 'Twilight', kind of eery but fabulous all at the same time. I love it! Anne x

Superb Mel! I love all your layers of ink and paint, so much rich texture and interest. Your leather topping, wire stitching (ouch!) and fox head button are such perfect details too. Having a catch up and hope all is good with you. xxx

Mel That is fantastic, I love all the different textures, the leather at the top is brilliant. and the acetate over the stamped image always looks good. really like this. Nice use of the new toys ;)mark

Fabulous tag, I love the leather cut with an on the edge die, it adds great texture. This is a lovely layered piece and I love your embellishments. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

Lovely tag . Love your use of leather here cut with the on the edge die, adding great texture. A lovely layered creation, beautifully embellished. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

All the texture you've created is gorgeous, Mel. I love the look of that embossed tree. It looks like it's made out of something much thicker than a manilla tag. Your description of your vintage chaps made me laugh.Hugs Lisax

There is so much to this tag, nice! I'm sure you will get alot out of that tree folder, I can think of so many uses, I know you will come up with some great stuff! Oh, and there is that fox button that you got last week, it's perfect for this!

I love all the texture and detail on this tag...there's so much to look at and it's just gorgeous!Good luck and thanks for joining us over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog!! :)

...and thank you for your lovely comment on my post!! :) It's always fab to see you there and as for your question about my pics, to be honest...I just point and shoot, so...it must be down to having a good camera! lol!!

Mel, you are a star. Thank you SO much, what a lovely surprise to get home and find this tag waiting along with the other goodies, totally blown away and put a big smile on my face.Thank you. It looks even better in real life, the textures and the sewn leather are awesome. Love it. thanks again, mark x

MASSIVE WOW Mel what a fantastic tag and the little fox button looks great. You are amazing and thank you so much for the beautiful tag you sent to me as a thank you for the buttons. Isn't Blogland wonderful.Have a lovely weekendLynn and the Doodly birds x x

About Me

Hi my name is Mel...I am a Mother & Grand Mother, I live on the South Coast of England and work full time for the NHS...to relax I create mixed media art, love the colours and textures of wood, stone, linen, parchment, hessian & burlap and love the colour blue...Melx